Should I invest in a braded clutch line?

[sujitroy]

While working out the issues on my clutch, I'm thinking would it make sense to invest in a new braded steel clutch line? The one I have is plastic with the last two inches or so metal. i could only imaging it being as old as the car? Rimmers shows one for a LHD Stag but it seems to be a straight line unlike the original which have curved metal ends at both ends.
Sujit

[trunt]

I have a spare lhd rimmer one Sujit, I think it had curved ends I’ll take a look tomorrow. I thought the braided were expensive, got an original red one eventually.

[sujitroy]

Hi Terry Thanks. I'm thinking would the investment be worth the extra cash? I suppose its only a plastic line inside covered by a steel brade. I'm exploring ideas on how to make the rod on the clutch master cylinder longer. There's a sleeve on the current one that limits the amount of travel the piston can move in the cylinder so I have to incorporate that.
Sujit

[DJT]

Goodridge made me one for my Mk1 many years ago. Their factory is close by where I live, so I just popped in with the original one and they copied it in the same material they used for the brake lines they made me. Any good hydraulic hose firm should be able to do similar.

https://goodridge.com/uk/contact/

[richardthestag]

Hi Terry Thanks. I'm thinking would the investment be worth the extra cash? I suppose its only a plastic line inside covered by a steel brade. I'm exploring ideas on how to make the rod on the clutch master cylinder longer. There's a sleeve on the current one that limits the amount of travel the piston can move in the cylinder so I have to incorporate that.
Sujit

sounds like you have put the slave cylinder in the wrong side of the engine plate! That is the only instance that I have ever found where a longer push rod is asked for.

[KOY 23]

Please excuse my ignorance as I have an auto, but surely if it worked before it will work now, pushrods don't shrink with age. Have you have fitted the wrong part or incorrectly as above, maybe something else is wrong, or air in system. If the pipe is not leaking why change it?

[new to this]

The clutch pipe does run close to the exhaust pipe,i have melted one before,but that was because i was in a hurry my fault

Dave

[sujitroy]

Please excuse my ignorance as I have an auto, but surely if it worked before it will work now, pushrods don't shrink with age. Have you have fitted the wrong part or incorrectly as above, maybe something else is wrong, or air in system. If the pipe is not leaking why change it?

Just thinking out loud. Like brake lines swell with age, does the clutch line being plastic suffer the same fate? I'm having my master cylinder resleeved and I just bought a new slave cylinder. I was having difficultly engaging any gear and found out both rebuilt cylinders were leaking.

[NeilR]

I have one. I don't see a real advantage over the plastic one, only bought it coz it was a bargain
& my plastic one had been kinked.

It is a larger bore than brake hoses, using the wrong size size can give a sluggish pedal feel.

Neil.

[sujitroy]

So there doesn't seem to be any census that the original one should be changed . I'll just stick with my current one. Sorry for the typo should have been braided and not braded. I knew it didn't look right.
Sujit